Improvement in corn-cultivators



D. WILBE.

Cultivator.

No. 45,549. Patented Dec. 20, 1864.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL VILDE, OF WASHINGTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,549, dated December 20, 186i.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that-LDANIEL WILDE, of Washington, inthe county of Washington and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corn-Gultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is at'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon.

The drawings forming part of this specification represent a corn-cultivator having my improvement, Figure l thereof being a top View, or a view had by looking down on the culti-v vator; Fig. 2 heilig a view by longitudinal section; Fig. 3, views of the insidejointplate,and Fig. 4 a view by vertical or central section ot' the outside joint-plates.

In each of these figures, when like parts are shown, like marks and letters are used to designate the parts.

The shovels or teeth a are attached to the stakes b in the usual way. The upper ends of the outer stakes are connected to the framebars c by a plate, d, Fig. 4,011 the stake and a plate, e, on the bar, the central projectioinj", of the plate c tting into the central hole ot' the plate d, thus ai'ording a hearing of good surface and allowing easy and free motion. The two plates can be held together by a pin or bolt and nutpassing through the central holes therein. The inner shovelstakes are connected at their upper ends to a rocking or vibrating bar, g, which bar is pivoted at the one end to the seat h and at the other end to the axle-tree fi, the pivoting allowing the necessary motion to turn the shovels to the one side or the other. On the upper ends of the inner stakes are plates j, which, as shown by Fig. 3, have an inclined face, 7c, and a dat or horizontal face, Z. These faces allow ofthe fitting ofthe end ofthe stake therein, so that the inside shovels can be set to run straight or to throw the earth to the corn or from it, according to whichever face is fitted to the end of the stake and the direction of the inclined face. The platesj, with a pin or bolt, form the joint-connecting the inner stakes to the rocking har g.

Attached to the rocking bar g are elevated stakes m, connected at the top by a stretcher,

oz, and passing between the straps o and the" shovel-stakes, the straps heilig fastened to the stakes. A handle, p, is connected to the one elevated stake, so that the inner shovels may be controlled by it when the cultivator is used as a walking one, and the stirrups 1 are afxed to the innerl surfaces of the stakes, so that the feet of the driver may control the inner shovels when the cultivator is used as a riding one. The handle p passes through and has play within a stirrup, t', extending down from the seat'h.

The shovel-stakes are connected by chainss and braces t and hooks t to levers u, the front or t'orwardends of which haveafree attachment to the front bar, o, ofthe frame. These levers can be supported nearthe middle bythe notched iron plates w, secured to the upright hars x, tenoned to the axle-tree, the levers having iron platesy to [it into the notches ot' the plates w, so that the shovels and stakes can he raised or lowered and adapted to run deeper or shallower in the ground, as may be desired. By placing the levers on the top ofthe uprights the shovels will be raised out of the ground.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The levers u, resting on the front bar ot' the frame and supported near the middle by the notched plates w, secured to the uprights x, and operating as and for the purposes herein recited.

2'. The arrangement ot' therocking bar g, elevated bar m in relation to the handle, and the shovel-stakes, for the purpose herein set forth.

3.' In connection with the arrangement of the rocking har g,bar m, and the shovel-stakes, the stirrups q, for the purpose herein named.

4. The platej, with its inclined and horizontal faces k and l, for the purpose herein set forth.

l1`his specification signed this 1st day of August7 1864.

DANIEL VILDE. 

